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How to pronounce “rapid”
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Pronunciation guide for rapid
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of rapid with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Aris Venetikidis: Making sense of maps 16 minutes
Typically, you choose yourself a rapid transport route,
- Definition summary
- Very swift or quick.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce rapid
Aris Venetikidis: Making sense of maps 16 minutes

Typically, you choose yourself a rapid transport route,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “rapid”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Very swift or quick.
- Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
- Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
- (England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
- (obsolete, dialectal) Happy.
- [Adverb]
- (archaic, colloquial) Rapidly.
- [Noun]
- (usually in the plural) A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
- (dated) A burst of rapid fire.
- (chess) Ellipsis of rapid chess.
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